I’ve got loads of amazing new photos exclusively coming soon to Blantyre Project. This is the Blantyre Mill building in 1903, which was located between the Cotton Mill and the Powerloom Factory. The building was demolished, at that time, with exception of the part you see on the right between the 2 large chimney’s […]
In November 2015, I was kindly invited to take a photo of the old Calder Street School Bell, which is now in the reception hall of the new Auchinraith Primary School. On a day off, I should have taken a few more moments to read what was on the bell. The manufacturer name “and Co….Founders” […]
There’s a wonderful account written in 1859 about the 1793 church, which used to be located in the Kirkton Cemetery. It reads as follows: “A stone building capable of containing a Congregation of between four & five hundred. It was built about 50 years on the site of the old Ph. [Parish] Church. (Paul writes, […]
Gerry Walker contacted me recently saying, “My family lived in Craigton Place between the mid 60`s to early 70`s after leaving Rosendale, (No longer there) one of the smallest streets in Blantyre with only eight houses on it. A great street to grow up on as we had the swing park at the bottom of […]